USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

KEY CIVIL WAR BATTLES IN 1862

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Second-in-command in the Army of Northern Virginia.

(A) Ulysses S. Grant

(B) Robert E. Lee

(C) David Farragut

(D) ** Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

(E) Nathan Bedford Forrest

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Originally called the Confederate Army of the Potomac, the confederate forces were renamed the Army of Northern Virginia when Robert E. Lee assumed command on June 1, 1862, in a battle to defend the city of Richmond from Union forces.

Concept note-2: -Promoted to Brigadier General, Jackson led a brigade at the Battle of First Manassas where he earned the sobriquet “Stonewall.” In November 1861, Jackson was promoted to Major General and dispatched to the Shenandoah Valley.